100 Inspirational Quotes to Help You Take the Next Step

What drives us? What is it that takes us out of bed? What helps us make it through the day? This collection of inspirational quotes is a true source of everyday incentives. Words uttered by famous people or simple phrases of concentrated wisdom serve as daily compasses, as lighthouses that light our way through storms and adorn our capes in the sunshine.

Let these quotes give you all the inspiration you need to take the next step – today. If you find them inspiring, share to let them inspire others as well.

Freedom comes in the form of forgiveness. Let go of what you can’t change.

Time spent chasing money is wasted and never leads to happiness. Time spent creating special moments with the ones you love always leads to a happier, fulfilled life.

Don’t put limits on yourself. You can achieve all that you set your mind to.

You can never aim to high, dream too big, or wish to hard. Failure comes in when you don’t aim, dream or wish at all.

Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. Oscar Wilde

Hate is a self-poison. It is likened to crippling thorns that grow to suffocate and stifle your happiness. Love is the stronger force that breaks the chains of bondage that hold you down. Never hate. Love always.

Mistakes are not proof of inadequacy. They are opportunities to learn and improve.

Keys to a happy life: Love hard. Hope strong. Give more.

Stay positive, work hard, make it happen.

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Anais Nin

Faith is the motivation that keeps you running the race even when you can’t see the finish line.

Achieve great things, not simply for success, but to earn happiness and charity.

You can fly as high as your belief will permit. Dream big. Believe bigger.

Sometimes you have to lose others to regain yourself. Only hold onto the relationships that are healthy for you.

Travel – Love – Learn – Imagine – Create

To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Complain about nothing that you can change yourself.

Reach for the stars and claim your success!

Don’t live inside of people’s minds. Because ultimately what they think of you won’t change who you are unless you affirm their beliefs.

Never lose sight of the prize. Endure the hardships to attain success.

Take a risk and find reward. The fear of failure will keep you tied to mediocrity.

Sometimes breaking the rules is necessary when standing for what is right.

Defend the helpless and feed the poor. This is what makes life worth living.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another. Buddha

Simplicity. Patience. Compassion.

Amazing things happen to amazing people. Expect great things out of life.

Never quit and give up hope because your victory could be right around the corner waiting for you.

Search for love and you will find disappointment. Let love find you and you will be pleasantly surprised.

Be a rebel if it means rising above the status quo.

Nothing is impossible when you have will power. Go out and obtain your hearts desires.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is that they must change if they are to get better. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. Dalai Lama.

Turn your imagination into dreams and turn your dreams into goals. Soon you will be the person you imagined that you could be.

Insecurity is a monster that only grows if you feed it. Starve your negative, self-conscious thoughts and nourish your mind with beautiful, positive thoughts.

Never quit when it gets hard, just push harder. The greatest achievers would be nothing if they had quite at the first stumbling block.

Faith is the evidence of the unseen. Maya Angelou

Excellence does not require perfection. Henry James.

Remember, when you feel like you are alone, there is always someone somewhere who loves you and prays for your well-being. Sometimes the person who is secretly rooting for you is the person you least expect.

Keep your head up because that is where your hope is found.

You’re number one rule in life should be to never settle for less than you expect.

Fear only has power when you base your decisions on it.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.

When you fall down, don’t wallow in your pity. Get back up again and try until you succeed.

Happiness is a choice. If you want a happier life, it’s simple: Ask and be thankful with what you have in each moment.

Life is an adventure. Go out and conquer to world. Fear no danger and know no limitations.

When you reach the top of the mountain of success, never forget to lend a helping hand and pull someone else to the top with you.

Just because it’s never been done before doesn’t mean you can’t be the first to do it.